The Sun. — London, England, 1810-01-02 00:00:00

, • _ - • ' h.: NAVAL NEWS'. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 3 1 ..—Arrived his Majesty's ship Shannon, of 36 guns, Capt. BROKE, from Basque linado:; on the night of the 27th . inst. a'ship was discovered at some distance to be on fire, tben about leagues to the westward of. Ushapt ; the Shannon immediately stood towards her, and a boat Was manned and sent off from that ship to save the people, but. on coming alongside it was found that she.had burnt, to the water's'edge, and had not a soul oti boird ; .frO nt the state of the ship, it wJs supposed she Must have been burning about . - 14 hourS, and as no boat fOUncitiar Ter; it is tO - be hoped that her crew tnay have landed on the French coast : it was not Possible to ascertain to what Nations he .belonged) ,btit there is reason to stlpPose that, she was a light Collier; PORTSMOUTH; JAN. I.—Came into Harbour the Ganymede, of 20 guns,' having been on shore and sustained •damage. Also the 'Galgo, of 16 guns,' Lieutenant 'Kt un . P. • Dropped down to St. Helen's 1113 Majesty's ship $ , Zyrian, of t 0 guns,. Arrived the De. lhaakzamheid, Mo-cueLsEtv from Christian na, for this . port. Came into the Harbour the. Tonbridge, ManE vnY, from Lon Sin, for Oporto, laden with bran dy, leaky., . Arrived the Clarendon, CA MMELL, from the bowl), for Rio de Janeiro. SHEERNESS, 'DEC. 29,.—Came down the River Thames his Majesty's - brig Prospero. :into harbour his Majesty's brig Gluckstadt. DEC. 30.— , Arrived his Majesty's ships Imperieuse, Inconstant, Sabrina, and. Coquet.; also hi bri gs Renard, Richmond, : Rebnfl; Parthian, Protec. t art flake,. Beagle, Martial, Daring, Attack, Charger, Calliope, CKc•cus, and Thrasher. • Came , into harbour lois Majesty's ship Gorgon. DEC. 3 . 1 .—Salied his Majesty's brig Snake. Itiptain KITTOE of' the ;Sabrina, was appointed r R STRACLIAN to the command of the Fidelle, I new frigate, finished arid launched at Flushing, Ind Capt. LOWE, ernyloyed on the gun-boat service, was apPOilited tO, and has brought home the Sabina. DEC. 31.--Arrived his Majesty's brigs Gallant and Peacock. . Sailed his Majesty's ships Mermaid and Dolpii?i, to Chathatp. Arrived Lieut. J. C. Moarsxs, with his division of gun-boats, from Walcheren. Arrived his Majesty's ships Zfivsses and Pallas, awl his:Majestyti br)gs . Desperate and Baoon. JAN. I,4—Arrived his Majesty's ship Quebec ; and his Majesty's brig Raleigh.. Sailed his - Maj e sty's brig qophie.:' YARtdocritr, DEC. 31.—Arii"VO ' his Majesty's ship Defence, Capt. EKINS, from the Baltic, having Under her proteEtion a small convoy. Arrived the Desit de frigate. DEAL, JAN. i .—Arrived the Royalist ship of vtrar, With the Francois French privateer, which she cap: Lured off Dungeness last evening ; kad on board Go men, and oi,t from Boulogne three days, and had - ' Itrade no captare. • . .. . , Came down from the River the 'Octant:, E. J. MAN.- a~t:~~ . DEc. 2). -= The Jean-and:Ann; CALD WELL: arrived here yeiterdai front.. N,WtOuncliknd, after "a :,passage-of 03 - days . ,"cluOng a great part of • . .• 'which she experienCed vtry ; blowy weather; she wasjdriven to 't he coast nf:PckengN, acid was five days on her beam ends,- and-obliged to throw part of her cargrl:OViboa l r l cl. The EthAtheih; WILSON, arrived same, day from Newfoundland, lifter a passage of 25 days. Arrived` yesterday, at Port Glasgow, the Sisters, CAVIER . ON, from Demerara; bark(' tiiclice the 10th November; left the Caledonia . , l'uomsoN, bound for Liverpool, and - the ship Hamilton, FULLAWTON, of and boUnd to Londiin, outside of the B,ir, to sail in two days under convoy of his Majesty's brig Deme rara. The Bra . ganza, EVANS, had' got aground on the Bar, coming out, and would be obliged to un load, but would again sail next springs, which would be about the 22d No% ember. On the 14th November, spoke- the Louisa, REM, of and from this port, bound to . :Trinidad, lat. g 60. 10ng.57. 0. out 40 days, all well. On Saturday last, spoke the brig Ocean, from Liverpool, bound to Halifax, also 411 well. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. The Intelligent, for.L'Armide, on board, the 9th instant, and No. 14, Clement's:inn. The Blazer, for the Fortuna, on the Bth instant, at No. 14, Clement's-inn ' and there recalled. The Kangaroo, for La Gayant, on board, this day, and recalled at No. 70, Great Russel•=sireet, Bloomsbury. The Dapper, tor the Cameron, on board, on Wednesday, and recalled at No. 13, Element's-inn, on Mondays and Inu , sdays. "JThe Alexanur.a, f,r the Phoenix, will be recalled at No. ;3, Great Geori.,e-street. FRENCH AND DUTCH' PAPERS. PARIS, DEC.. 23:--.A. , Report Was presented. on theist to his Majesty relative to the surrender of 'French Guyane. The Board of Inquiry, composed. ::f Counts de Cessac, Hatlui, and Rosiliy, had to ex- , mineit Victor Huaues, the CoMmissiOner Comman dant in Chief of French Gurane, had employed . all the means in his power for the defence of the Colony 5 or,: on the contrary, whether he had not surrendered to a handful of troops, for the secu rity of his w.vn plantations; and his fortune. The, Board of Inquiry has, after a long investigation, re ported, shit Victor, Hugues did not employ ;1,11 the means in his power to defend the colony, and that his conduct ought to be examined by. the proper tribunals. As to the .4ueStion, whether'he did not surrender for „the .purpose of preserving his plantations and his fortune, the Board has reported that they have not discovered any thing positive in that respect,. but that, nevertheless, they are of ,opinion . the. Commissary should undergo theexami-. nation and decision,of a Court.- His' Imperial and Royal. Majesty ; ,has, 'pursuant. to tbis opinion, re mitted the affair. to the Minister Of Marine, with orders to cause the laws of the empire to be exe ,cuted with regard to the accused. . In consequence of a. Report from the Grapd Judge, his lgajesty issued a. decree on the 17th postponing until the -Ist of January, 1811, the, practical 'execntioa of the new system. of process. in criminal prosecutions, and affairs, of cotrectional and sitnple,police. . . the 14th ult. Baron de Maureilhan, the. Go vernor of Dalmatia, issued the following Proclanta— tion at . Zara . • _ _ • " People in Dalmatia—Yon are acquainted with the peace, which the . victories of : Napoleon .the Great have. rendered glorious to the people subject to his, empire 3, you know, therefore,.the calamities Which your insubordination and disobedience may draw down upon you. The General in command .of, the Austrian army. has himself exhortea you to • submission 'and obedience. Reflect that there is no l safety for you but in the clemency of your Sove reign. Make every effort to deserve it, in effacing by your better eon : luct the remembrance. of your past errors,. and rejecting all bad advice, which, can only be gime.). you. by persons who have neither grace tv.r. pardon to expect. If you obey the laws by w hich the province is governed ; it, in short, by the prudence of your cond , ,ct, you render your selves anew worthy of forming a part of the Dal matian nation, which preserved. its fidelity, I will be the firq to implore forgieness for you from his Majesty th e Emperor and Xing ; and I dare flatter myself, that his ,Imperial Majesty will not refuse me the pleasing consolation if announcing to you. the effects:of his clemency, as soon as I shall be enabled to infirm him that you are become worthy -thereof, by ai knowiedging your errors, and sub mitting to his laws." .._._~ The funeral. o f M.. Fourcroy took place on the 21st at noon. The body .was deposited in the ce inetery of Mont.-Louis. The funeral was attended by an immense concourse of ihe personal.. friends of the decea s ed and the admirers of his great abilities. Among them were the Ministers of State,.*Civil . Magistrates, Military Officers, Members of the Im- Hrial Vuiversity, the French Institute, &c. &c. is funeral oralion was pronounced by Count Reg naud de Saidt d'Angley. M. Defuniaines also pai4 some compliments to his memory. BAyoNNE, Dec. T.—Whilst the bodies of troops united in the environs of Toledo are pursuing the re mains of thy- insurgent army defeated at Ocana, the ;banditti who infested different provinces of the king dom have been 'dispersed and destroyed in all 'quar ters. A body of 1200 of this description„ availing them 'selves of the absence of General Buget and hiS troops, had the audacity so attack Tudela, where there was 'only a garrison of t6O men ; but this handful of Frenchmen, under the command of a. brave Officer, after disputing with them inch by inch every square and street 'in which they sheaved themseles, suc ceeded at length in repelling them with the loss of -45 killed. Thirty of our men, who occupied a tower, defended it against 300 of the insurgents. In the upper vallies of Arragon, Sarrazor was, on the gth nit. defeated and expelled from Valtana. Ili Biscay,' the 'Marquis de Bario LaziO's band off Marauders, from 8 , to 900 strong; having approach ed -Durango, a French column gave them a complete drubbing, and took from them a stand of colours, -,and three pieces of cannon. The other bands have recfossed the Perna d'Ordunna. The French column which scoured the environs of Durango brought in a great quantity. of musketry and military stores. The-young men who were forcibly enlisted in Biscay and Alava are returning to their homes. MADRID, DEC. I.—The Duke del Parque, who has by rums served and betrayed all parties, had as sembled a considerable body of troops in the envi rons of Salamanca. His intention seems to have been to support his colleague Ariezaga, as soon as victory. of . which tlitt. Junta assured the latter, should have opened to hi .'t the gates of Madrid. No sooner, however:did the Duke learn the impediments throWn in the way of this plan by the' battle of the 19th, than he took to flight. His rear-gaud has, never theless, been overtaken and destroyed. We expect the ulterior details of this affair. [This, of course; alludes to the battle of Alba-del Tormes.] The lessons'of ekperience are not equally thrown away upon all the Spanish Generals. If they do not instruct any of them how to beat, they at least teach some of there to avoid being beaten. Hence Ecuyings and Venegas also, who cannot forget Al monacid, obstinately refused the command of the army of picked troops who are at this moment Marching from Ocana to France. In this memorable battle whole regiments 'were taken, that had not been able so much as to born priming. Scarcely was one battalion secured, when another was in Succession attacked with the rapidi ty of lightning, surrounded and disarmed by the self sanie,troops, How could the Spaniards Make any resistance ? There was none to command them 3 nobody knew who he was to obey; nobody knew what the General was about, or even where he was. [He was in the steeple of Ocanaj Guns, mus kets, tumbrels, baggage, and all the material impli.- meats of an army, and the army itself, became the prey of the conqueror. it it be not treachery, it is consummate ignorance, that makes the Junta persiit a system so destine- tive. Witbeut Veteran or skilful officers, what can the 'hest soldiers do ?., The Spaniard's want 'officers. ThiS tl'ey admit, and yet they wish to continue the war, lc,: 'the pnrpose, it should seem, of giving them time !o acquire experience. There is' only one in.:- ConVenience attending this plan, and 'that is, they wrilbgin to have generals when they have no longer any soldiers, • • MADRID, DEC. 6.'—en the 'Anniversary of. the Coronation of.' his Imperial Majesty, grand enter tainments were given hereby the French Ambassa dor, the Duke of Campo-Alange, 'Minister:for F 6:. ' reign - Affairs . , and M. de Azanza, Mibister otWor ship and the Indies. ' . " At the entertainment given by the French Ain basdor," sayS,the• Madrid Gazeite,. " we remarked several persons of consideration, who, since the commencement of the disturbances in Spain, had constantly maintained the. greatest circurnspeetiOn and reserve. His Majesty's ,return after . .the battle Of Ocana seems• to have been the epoch of a remark-' ablechatige in the minds of men. The satisfaCtion which'began to beam in every cout - 49nance sptii ciently proves, .that even the. most lay aside their apprehensions. The battle of the 19th ult.—the' precipitate retreat of, the'English army to Portugal, who were the same day at total defeat sustained on the- 28th at Alba de Tormes, lay the arniy of Esfrernadqa lefi to its own strength : ! --these there is every reason to think; are' the causes Of this happy change, which permits the in habitants -of the capital to dectire, without any re ,strailit, their genuine sentiments." His Majesty, in a decree of the vi inst. 'calls upon the regiments of the line to fulaish, for completing his guard; drafts Of such non-commissioned officers v.a.l s oldiers'asmay, by their conduct, have shewn themselves worthy pt that 'mark of distinction, We 'kali] that the consequences of the battle of Ocaba have produced theutmostcensternation at Se ville, and in some of the Southern prov,nees Some loudly . ascribe YheM to treason; othels blame the stupid ignOrance of their ComManders ; and the greater part,'opelily declare theniselves disgUstedwith the inefficacy and 'oppression of the Junta. Alarmed by the complaints which reach, them from all guar-• ters, the Junta are compelled to solicit their owu dis solution, as the only means left then, of eseaping the public resentment and intestine division. YIENNA; DEC. g.—The Archduke Ferdinand has , repaired to Buda, from his head-quariers at Brunn, to have an interview with the Emperor. , , It is said ihattbe Archduke John is highly of . fended at the long official report, published by the Austrian Go) ernment relative to the; battleof liVa gr-iin, and that'he has loudly complained of the pas -.sage's therein which advert to his proceedings. : We' yetuark, with regret, that .several persons of diitinalion indulge in very imprudent observations against the political system adopted ,by the Russian Government, trarp which it might be inferred that there was a 'coolnes.,bet-i,veen Austria and RuSsia. The cessions which the tatter has obtained from our Cou t by the treatrof, Vienna, are : more peal- . cularly the subject of the,coruments of: the.discou-.. tented, who do not ,choose,to perceive that these. sacrifices were perhaps preferable ,to. the,obauce of the resurrection of a .great state in l'oland. By the last accounts - from Buda, the Queen was, by the'advice.of her physiciano,: to make a further .. stay there of sis. weeks, .previous to her , return ,to the, capital. The. Prince Royal was, dangerously ill of. the ; measles., The. Archduke Francis, the elder - brother of the .Inpress, had recovered of the same_ 1 disease. . ,DEC. Imperial Majesty reached Pres burg on the "4th, at r ky,O,o'clodh in the atternoon, in . the best state of health. He is 40Lpeaecl io, return soon to his capital. I'b42 Emilt-ror having resolved to malce some changes in he Administration of the Council of State, has suppressed the offices of Ministers of State and Conferences, occupied by Counts Zinzendorf, Ziony, and Miath, leaving theta nevertheless in possession, of the titles and salaries thereto attached, until his Majesty shall have otherwise provided for them. AUGSBUAG, Dzo. 8 —Letters from Vienna state, that Prince John of Lichtenstein has consented to take the command of Upper and Lower Austria, and that he will forthwith repair from his esiates to Vienna, to enter -upon the exercise of his functions. Among all the Austrian ; Generals, he is the princi pal favourite with the inhabitants both-of the Capi -61 and . the Provinces of the Austrian Empire. NEW SOUTH WALES.--.We lately mentioned a Proclamation issued by Lieutenant-Goyernor PATER SON, forbidding all communication with Governor BLIGH, his family, friends, -or associates. This measure was resorted to in consequence of . a Pro clamation issued by 131,1611 -after - he had embarked On board the Porpoise, 'declaring the New-South Wales Corps to be in a state-of mutiny-and revel lion. '.Letters from New South Wales.ot-the , Ist of August, received on Saturday; state, - that- On the 171 hof March, Governor BLIGH weighed anchor in the Porpoise, and lelC the heads of Port Jack:- son, as every person on board supposed, for Eng... land ; bur,- to theirastonishment, he kept the .pilot (Y. board. The wind being.southerly, - drove the ves sel to the northward. When the wiricL shifted be rm vas far as Port Jackson, , as he said, to land the pilot.; on his arrival there, tie still kept. - his Bourse along the land, and -said he would run 'as far as Cape Horn, to ascertain Aire correctness of his time-pieces, ,previous to. his sailing for ,England ; but lie still kept' shaping his course , to the South ward, and ran into the river Derwent, where he an chored. He had since that period retrained about the out-ports or settlements; and when these letters came away, the ,Porpoise was lying in Storm Bay Passage. Messrs. PALMER, late Commissary, and HOOK, a Merchant, at Sydney, have been tried before a cri;• - urinal Court,. for distributing. Governor BLIGH's Proclamation, and sentenced to imprisonment. The Gazette contains an Order in Council, for. continuing . for six -months, from the t ith of. Ja nuary, the prohibition of naval stores i , The eagerness with .which the vague rumour of the death of BUONAPARTE was received, is a proof of the pleasure such an event would afford, and that pleasure would not be confined to this-country, bui would a3sn.mily be felt all over the civilized world. FIRE. A dreadful fire broke out - last night. 'about o'clock,. at Mr, Pocock's, coal-mercli,nt, ad joining White Friars Dock It ragedWitligr-at f.try, and soon spread to Mr. Aker's timber s -y.4,1 . .4 clo‘e to the former premises. 'Here it unha l .pny foonti plenty cf mAterials to promote it 4 'fury. Mr. P.— to.:k's poi:erty was entirely, destroyed, except on,! book of acc . ounts. Mrs. Pocock was in bed whe , , - the 'ftatnes htoke put; and had hut ,-just tmnpto eqcspe with hardly any covering. .Fron, Mr. Alser's• preva7ses, Which ' v. , ere entirely consumed,. the fire soon ext•nded - to the granaries of Messis..fiwnii) eon, Robinson and Co: where it was destructive to a considerable amount. Two houses adjoining these premises were .materiallyinjured, though not destroyed. Nine horses belonging to Mr, PoFork were lost in the flames:' One, a very fine ,animal, might hive been saved, ifit • - 0d nut, in spite et -Ai efforts to' prevent him; actually rushed ,itito the flames. No lives were lost by the fire itself, brat it . is apprehended that nine persons,who inc i luiiensly • stood too near a pile Of timber, were driven, when it fell, by the'efforts of ;he vast multitude ot.spectalors • . that attended,' into White. Friars Dock, and diately suffocatt;d. There is, hoWever, no proof at Ece•eut that this calamity really - happened. The. mettopolis was nearly illurninitcd as during, the Conflagration at Drury-lane 'theatre, and much more so on 'the other side efthoToarnes, when; almost every ho9se could be distinctly - seen. The'fire continued to burn till_ very late this ! , •(it- , 1-, ing, and from the time of its :coalmen-ern/ern till near ,its termination, the Thames Was covered with boats fall of spedtators.. The :Churehtss and large bulldings, .ito a considerable .distance all rodna .the scene, of calamity, exhibited an appearance that would,have been deemed, very magnificent; if the ;Minds of the speetators had not teen agitated b; `sense of the clestruCtion by which it was attendtd, and the I;3urpber,i that might probably have Edit., iidlins on the calaMitous occasion. _ , AGRICULTURAL REPORT for DECEMBER. The continuance of mild weather through nearly the wfole of last month, has brOught the ,latter sown wheats info' flag; by which their roots will be sheltered from the frosts, and their tillow ing much 'aided ,in" the spring, The winier tares have nearly covered the ground, and.prornise-a full crop for soiling in the spring; a highly advantageous praaice, which is rendered still more ,beneficial, by cutting-them about an inch long, with acre-fourth of wheat straw, which renders them more nutritive, ..by counteracting the redundant moisture that often occasions too great laxity in the. Animal•by the sudden transition from dry to greet 'food. _ • The late.mild weather has greatly facilitated the field operations, such is plotighing up winter-Ifallows, laod . draining, - &c. It. has also kept the' pastures open, and the cattle from, the farm-yard, which is of considerable advantage in this clitpate, to it.:Lig,i,vtl out the spring -stores, - The young fclover, and the,earry sown rye. are a good .plant. • The turnips are much improved, and but few consumed -on the deep 1::ncl, cnitecitience Of.llte.heavy rains, and the quatitity of grass in the pastures. BoxiliG.—There were no less than three . blackguard matches fought yesterday, for the aniu,e ment of:' the boliday , folks, on Highglte Comm . .- butatuong the combatants there was no pet - EQ . :A : of pugi!istic celebrity. The contest_ for the vacancy is the East India Di redion ~is likely to be lane of the most arduous kind has.taken place for many years. The f riends,.of ;the respective candidates are all exerting. thern;elvos' :with the utmost zeal. The struggle will, it is said, !ie between two of the candidates, and the 'friends of • each. party confidently presage success. BREAD.—Them . :- being no Court of Aldermen to day, the Lord Mayor, after inspeeting the retur;,s, ' ordered it to continue at present prices. • A Ncw YEAR'S Gar.—Yesterday tnornhig two female infants were 'found in a basket, ca'refull'y 'Wrapt up in blankets, and properly secured agaiuct the weather, placed at the door of a genl-.Nnan the neighbourhood of South Latub:.th, ti-.tvitig a label atfix.ed to the basket with the tion On dicovery to Lie delivered to illeworilri Bachelor immediately;" who, on receiving the little`" foundlings, very hunianely ordered a nurse to be provided, and every care to . be taken of them. On Thursday evening a ruffian-like Jelly at tick,ed a female with a y,,uog child iii her arms, on , Windmill Hill, near Plymouth, and scratched her' face in a Irolentmanner : after which helook the child out of her arms,, and threw it on the ground the screams of the woman having brought several persons to the spot, 'the brute ran off, 'and, we are sorry to say, effected his . escape. A is reported to have been arranged, 'after . the' peace of Tilsit, between- NAPOLEON and the Em peror ALEXANDER, that a marriage. should take place between the tormer and the sister of the latter, put this Princess is said to have positively refused the honour thus intended for her. Two of the convicts from the Zealand, .on Sun-- day se'nnight, tniide their escape froin the ship by swimming ashore to the dock-yard, at Sheerness, and secreted themselves in the foreman of the ~- a rgil's office, until ten o'ckck on Monday, when ;he tore man wen,: to his office, where he discovered thew - lying Under a table, almost naked, and nearly dead ; they were taken to the guard' house fire, in the duck yard, and from thence back to their ship. , SMITHFIELD MARKET, jy. z. This day's Market was amply supplied with prime , beasts, and the show of cattle in other respects pretty gcokl ; Mutton and Veal are cheaper than our last report; Beef 'and Pork support last prise 4, and the trade in general was tolerably brtsk. The sctlei in the Haymarket were rather considerable ; and Straw sold at last prices ; Clover fetched a ter price. The following prices and'numbers are an accurate statement : To sink the Offal per stone of S. Beef 45. 4d. to 6d. Mutton 4s. 4d, to 6s. .11. Veal ss. cd. to 75. od. York ss. od. to 7s. , -)d. ileat;ts Jgoo.—Slyxp 11,40o.—Calies230.—Pigs 2,5,. SMITIMIELD HAY •EA IiKET. May sl. os. od. to 61, os. -od. StraW 11. los. od. to J. S. .Clover (ft.:to. od. to 71. los. od. • ti